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  HIGHLAND 
  TRIBES, 
  S. 
  COLOMBIA 
  — 
  HERNANDEZ 
  DE 
  ALBA 
  941 
  

  

  obliquely 
  across 
  the 
  rocks; 
  (3) 
  an 
  arched 
  bridge 
  of 
  bamboo 
  floored 
  

   with 
  spaced 
  sticks, 
  equipped 
  with 
  a 
  hand 
  rail 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  sup- 
  

   ported 
  with 
  stones, 
  bamboo 
  braces, 
  and 
  vines 
  (pi. 
  185, 
  bottom, 
  right)) 
  

   and 
  (4) 
  a 
  covered 
  bridge 
  with 
  thatched 
  roof, 
  built 
  of 
  heavy 
  logs 
  sup- 
  

   ported 
  by 
  sticks 
  and 
  stones 
  and 
  floored 
  with 
  boards 
  — 
  a 
  marvel 
  of 
  

   calculated 
  strength, 
  which, 
  like 
  the 
  third 
  type, 
  is 
  made 
  entirely 
  of 
  

   vegetable 
  materials 
  yet 
  can 
  support 
  loaded 
  animals. 
  To 
  build 
  an 
  

   arched 
  bridge, 
  two 
  groups 
  of 
  Indians 
  approach 
  opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   river 
  and 
  each 
  plants 
  a 
  long, 
  strong 
  pole 
  sloping 
  out 
  over 
  the 
  stream. 
  

   The 
  chief 
  of 
  each 
  group 
  then 
  climbs 
  out 
  his 
  pole 
  until 
  his 
  weight 
  bends 
  

   it 
  down 
  to 
  meet 
  that 
  from 
  the 
  opposite 
  side, 
  whereupon, 
  clinging 
  with 
  

   one 
  hand, 
  they 
  lash 
  the 
  ends 
  together 
  with 
  creepers. 
  This 
  consti- 
  

   tutes 
  the 
  main 
  element 
  of 
  the 
  bridge 
  which 
  is 
  then 
  completed 
  by 
  the 
  

   other 
  Indians. 
  

  

  TRANSPORTATION 
  

  

  Some 
  Indians 
  now 
  have 
  horses 
  and 
  use 
  them 
  for 
  traveling 
  and 
  for 
  

   transporting 
  large 
  burdeas, 
  but, 
  in 
  general, 
  transportation 
  is 
  by 
  foot, 
  

   objects 
  being 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  or 
  in 
  netted 
  sacks 
  hung 
  by 
  a 
  strap, 
  

   especially 
  when 
  visiting 
  markets. 
  A 
  woman 
  carries 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  heavy 
  

   load 
  but 
  her 
  small 
  child 
  suspended 
  on 
  her 
  back 
  in 
  a 
  blue 
  woolen 
  

   blanket 
  held 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  woven 
  band, 
  or 
  "chumbe." 
  Peculiarly 
  

   Andean 
  is 
  the 
  custom 
  that 
  the 
  man 
  travels 
  on 
  horseback 
  while 
  the 
  

   woman 
  follows 
  on 
  foot 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  burden. 
  

  

  DRESS 
  AND 
  ORNAMENTS 
  

  

  The 
  Moguex 
  and 
  Pdez 
  formerly 
  wore 
  only 
  small 
  cotton 
  blankets 
  

   (mantas), 
  although 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  "went 
  about 
  naked 
  even 
  on 
  the 
  cold 
  

   mountains" 
  (Rodriguez, 
  1684, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  1). 
  They 
  painted 
  their 
  

   bodies 
  with 
  bixa, 
  using, 
  according 
  to 
  Del 
  Castillo 
  i 
  Orozco, 
  stamps 
  

   to 
  apply 
  the 
  color. 
  The 
  paint 
  also 
  protected 
  them 
  against 
  the 
  strong 
  

   sunlight 
  and 
  insects. 
  They 
  went 
  barefoot, 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  natives 
  in 
  

   Colombia. 
  According 
  to 
  one 
  chronicler, 
  their 
  hair 
  was 
  " 
  shorn" 
  

   (Robledo, 
  in 
  Jijon 
  y 
  Caamafio, 
  1936-38). 
  They 
  wore 
  breast 
  and 
  

   nose 
  ornaments 
  of 
  pure 
  gold 
  or 
  a 
  gold 
  and 
  copper 
  alloy, 
  and 
  necklaces 
  

   of 
  small 
  figures, 
  beads, 
  small 
  stones, 
  and 
  snails. 
  

  

  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Conquest, 
  the 
  Indians 
  commenced 
  

   to 
  use 
  wide, 
  long 
  shirts 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  crude 
  weave 
  and 
  hats 
  which 
  were 
  so 
  

   closely 
  woven 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  hold 
  water. 
  The 
  latter, 
  which 
  the 
  

   Spaniards 
  called 
  "tacillas 
  de 
  Pdez" 
  (Pdez 
  bowls), 
  are 
  still 
  in 
  use. 
  

   The 
  Spanish 
  encomenderos 
  required 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  working 
  on 
  

   their 
  haciendas 
  near 
  Popayan 
  be 
  dressed. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  

   characteristic 
  garment 
  worn 
  today, 
  which 
  combines 
  the 
  old 
  small 
  

   blanket 
  (manta) 
  with 
  European 
  dress. 
  Moguex 
  men 
  wear 
  short 
  linen 
  

   pants, 
  and 
  a 
  blue 
  flannel 
  sash 
  which 
  covers 
  them 
  to 
  their 
  knees. 
  

  

  